Level Green is calmer than 96% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Level Green comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1979.
What stands out about Level Green’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Level Green?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Calmer than 2,448 of the 2,558 Pennsylvania towns we cover.
Level Green covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
What Level Green faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Lightning
Does Level Green flood? Rarely: 9 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Level Green, from FEMA’s records.
Level Green isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Westmoreland County.Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Westmoreland County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Level Green itself in FEMA’s records.
Westmoreland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Get ready for what Level Green actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- When thunder roars, go indoors.
- Wait 30 minutes after the last thunder.
- Unplug electronics before the storm.
- Keep a shovel, a blanket and snacks in the car.
- Clear snow from furnace and dryer vents.
- Check on older neighbors when the power goes out.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Level Green and its neighbors
Level Green ranks 2nd calmest of 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trafford | Moderate | inland flooding | 11 |
| Murrysville | Very low | inland flooding | 49 |
| North Huntingdon | Very low | inland flooding | 52 |
| Level Green | Very low | inland flooding | 9 |
| Penn | Very low | inland flooding | 276 |
| Monroeville | Very low | inland flooding | 29 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in January–February
The month each of Westmoreland County’s 18 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
- Compared by rate. “Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Level Green’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Level Green.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Level Green, expected losses total about $721K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Level Green.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.